[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <a4d1e098-7b9b-43f8-b341-2e0dbf1db780@email.android.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:56:07 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de>,
kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] kvm: guest can not startup due to triple fault
Right... note in particular that the BIOS sets them up inconsistently. The kernel is doing the rufht thing: since NX isn't available on all processors it is considered unavailable.
"Avi Kivity" <avi@...hat.com> wrote:
> On 10/19/2010 08:55 AM, Dave Young wrote:
>> > OK. Please install msr-tools on your system, and give us the outputs of:
>> >
>> > rdmsr -p 0 -xc 0x1a0
>> 0x1764952489
>>
>> > rdmsr -p 1 -xc 0x1a0
>> 0x1364952489
>>
>
>That's MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_XD_DISABLE. Looks like the kernel never
>plays with it.
>
>Suggest:
>- updating your BIOS
>- playing with the NX feature in your BIOS setup screens
>
>
>--
>error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
>
--
Sent from my mobile phone. Please pardon any lack of formatting.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Powered by blists - more mailing lists